One of the only things I've found out is that they said (last night) that the driver would NOT be placed under arrest...
But nothing else other than this little 'snippet'...
"The driver, identified as Terry Lynn Eshleman, 62, of Bellflower, was not arrested, CHP officials said."
Will listen at 4 to local news and see what else I hear or can find out.
Communication Breakdown At 911 Center
POSTED: 3:24 pm CDT July 22, 2004
UPDATED: 4:42 pm CDT July 22, 2004
{{{ CHICAGO -- A communication glitch}}} is interrupted operations at Chicago's 911 Center Thursday afternoon.
Mayoral Press Secretary Jacquelyn Heard said in a phone interview that the 911 Center was operating normally as of 3:40 p.m. She said officials from OEMC would hold a news conference shortly, though she had no further details.
Monique Bond, spokeswoman for the Office of Emergency Management and Communications, confirmed that information, saying that there were still delays at 3:50 p.m., but the system is working.
Bond said citizens with emergency calls are encouraged to call 911. Those calls will be automatically rerouted to the 311 Center. Non-emergency calls should continue to be directed to 311.
NBC5's Jennifer Mitchell reported that 911 operators were being sent to the 311 facility to help cover overflow calls.
Bond told NBC5 that generators were in place and supplying power as of 4 p.m. She said crews were working to restore full power to the center at 1411 W. Madison Ave.
Mitchell said that, according to firefighters, the entire building lost power shortly before 2:30 p.m. Thursday. {The cause of the outage was unknown. } Mitchell said the power went out before severe weather moved into that area of the city.
Com Ed crews were on hand, along with police and firefighters, assessing the situation.
Reporting from the Chicago Police station at Addison and Halsted streets, NBC5's Charlie Wojciechowski said that the problem persists with the phone system at the 911 Center, but that officers are in communication with police dispatchers.
Wojciechowski said a commander at that station recommended citizens contact their local precinct station for immediate response.
An additional report from NBC5's Phil Rogers confirmed information from the 911 Center that the system was up and running by 4 p.m.
Extra police officers were deployed throughout the city, police News Affairs Director David Bayless said outside the OEMC.
To raise the staff level, all officers assigned to second watch were held past the usual 2 p.m. end of their shift and will remain on-duty until further notice, Bayless said.
An investigation continues into the cause of the problem.
I wonder if the truck was sabotaged. I remember someone posted about the goblins talking about driving around in trucks and spilling or blowing nasties into the air or onto the road.